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How much of that was lockdowns, and how much of it was lifestyle, health, income, population density, healthcare systems, etc.?

From the article: "Oregon entered the pandemic with the fewest hospital beds per capita of any state in the nation. Since the 1990s, the state had worked to contain health care costs by guarding against excess capacity in hospitals.

That plan backfired when the pandemic hit, overwhelming hospitals and raising a very real possibility that Oregon might not have the capacity to treat everyone who urgently needed care."

That would imply that the hospital systems didn't really matter.

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